"Kill the Indian, Save the Man Part II" with Native Outlawz, Gary Jenness

05/02/2021 45 min Temporada 1 Episodio 7

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Join us as we talk about "Kill the Indian, Save the Man". It's time for people to relearn history. True history. Since it is Native American Heritage Month, and after hearing Gary Jenness "Native Outlawz" story, I knew this was something that needed to be heard and talked about. It is not easy for us Natives to talk about generational trauma and the truth about "Kill the Indian, Save the White Man".

Native Outlawz

I call it Native Outlawz, because in the past, the government outlawed our Culture and Traditions. Kill the Indian, save the man. So today as we come together to share our Pride and Heritage, they will always see us as Native Outlawz.

I started Native Outlawz in September of 2012, as a place for Natives to come and share their Pride through Native art. I started reading the signatures, and then finding them on Facebook. And that was really a win-win situation. I got to post some amazing artwork. And the artist was being seen by people that appreciated their talents. And then I found Beadwork, clothing, and other Native owned businesses. And that’s where Natives Supporting Natives evolved. Fast forward 5 years to “Standing Rock.” By then I had 210,000 Likes and Followers. And I had Friended a lot of Natives Throughout Turtle Island.  I was seeing a lot of “Live Streaming” of the Protesters being attacked by the local law enforcement. And none of this was being covered by any national news outlets. So I started sharing everything that I could find. It was a call out for Natives to come together and Rise up. I was reaching 10 million people a week. I felt like I had a purpose. I built a platform that could reach a lot of people. But so did a hacker. I was bombarded with offers to sell my Page. I didn’t want to give up what I worked so hard to build. But I did respond to an offer to sell ad-space. And because of that, an app was installed that made them administers to take it over. I was locked out. And I fought hard with Facebook to get it back. But that proved to be a useless fight. I knew of 3 other Native Pages that got hacked and stolen too. August 19th 2017, is when I lost my Page. I was angry and ready to give up. A month later, another Page owner and Friend of mine offered his Page to me. His name is Mark Gonzalez. And his Page was the Native Americans Circle. It already had a platform of 39,000 Followers. So that was my motivation to come back stronger. And fight back harder. And this time, I’m putting myself out there with “Live Feeds.” Because I want everyone to know who administrates Native Outlawz. It’s for Natives by Natives. People need to know who runs the Pages that they Support. There are a lot of fake Pages profiting from the work of Native artists. And they’re usually sponsored. Paying Facebook to promote their Posts to reach more people. You’d think that the Facebook fact checkers would read the Page Transparency and see that they’re administrated from Vietnam. Just another struggle for Native Americans. And another cause and fight for others. It’s Facebook. They limit how many people see my Posts, and try to make me pay to reach more people. I should be able to 169,000 people. That’s how many followers I have today. My memes go viral. But sadly, most of my shares to help Natives don’t get seen. So that’s why I ask people to come check me out everyday. I post new stuff all day. Everyday. Because it’s all about Natives Supporting Natives!!

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